Go for the funky chicken salt-seasoned cauliflower ($15) and the heady merguez sausage in pita ($10). Open until 11:30 p.m. on weeknights. Read more.
The compelling reason to visit is to sample classically excellent Neapolitan pies in a corner of the city that's burdened with too many slice joints. Read more.
This is the definitive answer to "Where can I actually find a good cocktail in Times Square?” and "Where can I listen to live old time-y music in Times Square without a cover charge?" Read more.
Think of this as a way to enjoy ten succulent skewers of charcoal-grilled chicken parts for $70 in about an hour. Awarded three stars in a review praising the foot-to-beak approach to poultry cooking. Read more.
The tacos are excellent, sweet corn tortillas with fillings that might include octopus and chorizo (a smoky surf & turf) or whole Oaxacan grasshoppers (essentially a non-vegetarian popcorn). Read more.
The two crucial orders: The bacon kulcha, a soft, ghee-brushed bread stuffed with smoked pork belly, and the makhan malai dessert, a cloud-like puff of milk foam laced with saffron and rose petals. Read more.
Show up at Chevys for a quick shot of tequila or a margarita before a movie at the AMC 25. This gets the job done with impressive efficiency. Also: free chips and salsa! Read more.
Highlights include the namesake rice bowls (try the one with soft eel), chicken katsu curry (with a rich, beefy sauce), and sizzling crab omelets (drenched in heady seafood jus). Read more.
Order the bonito flakes over tofu, over saba, or as a side for soba dipping sauce. Most good dishes are $15 or under, and service is included, so no tipping! Read more.
Without question, the dish to get is the liang pi, refreshingly cold wheat noodles tossed with black vinegar, soy, garlic, and chili oil. Great for a quick, cheap bite right before curtain call. Read more.
Virtually all the spicy and numbing classics here — from mapo tofu, to Chongqing chicken, to cumin lamb, to cold sesame noodles — are spot on. Read more.
The restaurant community's response to Olive Garden: a two-course, all-you-can-eat pasta meal for $25. This all comes compliments of Lidia Bastianich, one of the deans of Italian cuisine in America. Read more.
Some of the city's best Cuban sandwiches, vaca frita (skirt steak fried to the texture of soft jerky), and mojitos. Warning: Mojitos are strong, which is dangerous on Tuesdays when they're just $6. Read more.
Danny Meyer's billion dollar burger chain reaches its apex at the The Times Square location for a very simple reason: It's the only one that's open until midnight. Read more.
Two stands from Ivan Orkin stand out: Slurp Shop, a stellar ramen shop famous for its incendiary red chile ramen, and Corner Slice, which sells shockingly delicious square slices. Read more.
The right move is the al pastor, pork spinning on a spit, crisped on the griddle, stuffed into a corn tortilla, and garnished with pineapple, and incorrectly, guacamole. Ask them to hold the guac. Read more.
A few highlights: The bulgogi beef sliders, the spicy glutinous rice cakes with pork sausages, and the bo ssam, braised pork with dehydrated kimchi and daikon wraps. Most dishes cost under $20. Read more.
Some of the city's best paitan ramen, more or less the chicken broth analogue to fatty, creamy, pork tonkotsu. Cash only. Read more.
This might be the city's best spicy chicken sandwich. Chef David Chang takes succulent thigh meat, dredges it in an habenero batter, fries it, and places it on a butter-slicked bun with tart pickles. Read more.
Natural wines. Fancy seafood-centric plates. Clean design. The dish to get here is the warm crab meat slathered in saffon aioli, a free form crabcake that's quite frankly better than most crabcakes. Read more.
The famous Korean fried chicken chain is known for its puffy, almost paper-like skin, and its intensely flavored soy or chile seasonings, baked right into the crust. Read more.
A boozy Russian spot with a piano player tapping out old Soviet tunes. The draw here is the house-infused vodka. It pairs well with a platter of tangy pickled vegetables for a post-theater snack. Read more.
One of the few places in Manhattan, or all of New York quite frankly, to offer the meaty cuisine of Bolivia. Pro tip: Order the saltenas, which are essentially South American soup dumplings. Read more.
Order an Ethiopian lager and the combination platter, a heady pile of berbere spiced lentils, collards, and meats on injera, the traditionally sour and spongy bread that doubles as an edible utensil. Read more.
This mainstay has been feeding Broadway-goers, stars, and stagehands for decades. Grab a seat at the bar, order a strong Manhattan or martini, and watch the end of the game on the flatscreen. Read more.
